Hi everyone and welcome back to Pronunciation with Emma. In this video I'm going to be looking
at æ and ʌ. So for some speakers of certain languages, they pronounce these two sounds
in exactly the same way. So let's have a look at some examples and compare the two. But
before we do that, let's look at how we actually pronounce them. So that first one æ, it's
very open. æ æ. And the other sound ʌ ʌ. Look at that mouth placement. æ ʌ. Now let's
have a look at some words. Match, much. Bass, bus. Now this is bass as in the type of fish,
if you're talking about the instrument this would be "bass" /beɪs/. It's a different
vowel sound. Ankle, uncle. Track, truck. Now let's have a look at some sentences. There
is a bug in the bag. There is a bug in the bag. Here's another one. The truck was on
the right track. The truck was on the right track. That's it for this video today, but
before you go why not write some more minimal pairs with these two target sounds below in
the comments and then I'll take a look and check and see how you've done. I hope you
have a lovely week and see you next lesson.